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Octavia E. Butler's Parable Of The Sower - A Concert Performance - MAR 23 - 26, 2017
Location: Emerson/Paramount Center Robert J. Orchard Stage Info: http://bit.ly/2eamWYy In this genre-defying work of concert performance featuring a powerhouse ensemble of 20 singers and musicians, Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower brings together 30 powerful songs drawn from 200 years of Black music to give musical life to Butler’s acclaimed science fiction novel of the same name. Written by Toshi Reagon, who Vibe Magazine called “one helluva rock’n’roller-coaster ride,” in collaboration with her mother, Bernice Johnson Reagon, the iconic singer, scholar and activist, Parable of the Sower becomes a mesmerizing theatrical work of rare power and beauty that reveals deep insights on gender, race and the future of human civilization. Parable of the Sower tells the story of young Lauren Olamina, who lives in a not-so-distant America, where climate change has driven society to violence and the brink of extinction. When she loses both family and home, Lauren ventures out unprotected. What begins as a desperate flight for survival leads to something much more – a startling vision of human destiny which births “Earthseed,” a new faith based on the idea that “God is Change”.
ONE ON ONE: Toshi Reagon - Olivar Blues January 17th, 2015 Public Theater, NYC
Toshi Reagon sits down for a One On One Session at the Public Theater in NYC on Janaury 17th, 2015 as part of her Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower: the Concert Version. For more info visit: http://www.toshireagon.com audio & video by: Ehud Lazin
Press / Reviews
- The Root: Parable of the Songwriter: Toshi Reagon Explains Why an Octavia Butler-Inspired Opera Is More Relevant Than Ever
- Los Angeles Times: Commentary: How the spirit of protest is echoing across L.A.’s concert halls
- “Triumphant Musical Adaptation Shows the Power of Butler’s Parable of the Sower” The Portalist, October 17, 2017
- “Science Fiction and Black Music meet in Toshi Reagon’s Opera in Progress” Boston Globe, March 21, 2017
- “On wings of song, hope rises from rubble in Toshi Reagon’s Parable of the Sower” The Berkshire Eagle, November 3, 2016
- “Concert review: Drama and delight in Toshi Reagon’s Abu Dhabi debut” TimeOut Abu Dhabi, September 3, 2015
- “Toshi Reagon brings Adaptation of Parable of the Sower to NYU Abu Dhabi” The National, UAE, August 27, 2015
- “Everything and Earthseed” Culturebot, January 27, 2015